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During our visit to Gouwerok, we spoke with people across the organization about their experience with Onepush. Their insights show how digital shipbuilding creates faster workflows, clearer communication, and more confidence throughout the production process.
In shipbuilding, every department experiences the production process differently.
Engineers focus on preparing accurate models.
Work preparation teams organize materials and production flow.
Production teams need clear and reliable information to build efficiently.
Project managers oversee planning, progress, and coordination between all teams.
At Gouwerok, these departments work closely together every day. During a recent visit, we spoke with team members across different roles to understand how Onepush supports their daily work from engineering to the shop floor.
Their experiences show how one connected platform can improve the entire production process while still serving the practical needs of each role individually.
For the engineering team, one of the biggest advantages of Onepush 4.0 is the reduction of manual work.
The engineering department at Gouwerok receives drawings from architects and converts them into detailed 3D production models. Traditionally, preparing unfoldings, markings, and construction information required extensive manual processing.
According to the engineering team, this process used to involve a large amount of repetitive work:
Normally, you would need to manually unfold every component. That takes a huge amount of time and involves very little actual thinking. It is mostly repetitive work.
With Onepush 4.0, much of this preparation is automated directly from the 3D model.
Instead of manually creating outputs for every component, engineers focus on building and validating the model itself, while Onepush handles:
unfoldings
markings
production preparation
section output
This significantly shortens preparation time and allows the engineering team to focus more on technical quality instead of repetitive processing.
The team also highlighted the flexibility of the platform and the responsive support behind it:
If there is a problem with a component or something is not recognized properly, support always responds well and helps quickly.
On the production side, the impact of Onepush 4.0 is experienced differently.
At Gouwerok, the pre-production foreman is responsible for organizing incoming cut parts, preparing materials, and making sure production teams can work efficiently.
For this role, clarity and accessibility of information are critical.
One of the most valued aspects of Onepush is its intuitive structure:
It is very clear and works easily.
The ability to quickly identify:
material thicknesses
profile types
subsection locations
assembly groups
helps organize components much more efficiently before assembly begins.
Features such as “Colorize By” allow teams to visually sort and understand parts immediately inside the 3D environment.
According to the production team, this not only improves speed, but also simplifies communication with both local and international workers:
It is easy to transfer to foreign colleagues because it works with clear icons.
The production team also sees strong potential in newer features such as filtering, subsection organization, and leaders functionality, which could further simplify locating and managing parts directly on the work floor.
For project management, the value of Onepush 4.0 lies in flexibility, speed, and visibility across the production process.
The project manager at Gouwerok oversees engineering, work preparation, and production coordination. From this perspective, Onepush helps improve throughput while reducing pressure on internal capacity.
One major advantage is the speed at which sections can be processed:
The lead time becomes significantly shorter.
This allows projects to move faster while giving teams more flexibility during peak workloads.
Instead of relying entirely on internal engineering resources, Gouwerok can use Onepush to support additional capacity when needed:
If you lack capacity, you can outsource part of the work to Onepush. That flexibility is a major advantage.
The project management team also highlighted the importance of future production insights, such as:
weld length estimation
production progress tracking
connecting real production data to planning
These kinds of features create opportunities for better forecasting, budgeting, and project control across the full production process.
Although each role at Gouwerok uses Onepush differently, one theme returned in every interview:
the value of having one connected and structured workflow.
Instead of disconnected information spread across drawings, software, and manual processes, teams work from the same 3D-based environment.
This creates:
clearer communication
faster preparation
fewer repetitive tasks
improved coordination between departments
more flexibility during production
From engineering to production, each team benefits in its own way while staying connected to the same project information.
What also stood out during the interviews was the appreciation for the support behind the platform.
Several team members mentioned the responsiveness of the Onepush team and the practical collaboration throughout their projects.
That reflects what Onepush 4.0 is designed to be:
not just software, but a service-backed platform that supports the entire shipbuilding process.
For many companies, adopting a new way of working can feel like a big step.
Having direct access to specialists who understand both the technology and the shipbuilding process helps teams get started with confidence and make the transition smoother.
The experiences at Gouwerok show that digital shipbuilding is not only about automation.
It is about helping every role in the process work more clearly, efficiently, and confidently.
For engineers, that means less repetitive manual work.
For production preparation teams, clearer and more accessible information.
For project managers, faster throughput and better visibility across projects.
By connecting these roles in one platform, Onepush 4.0 helps shipbuilders move from design to production with more structure, flexibility, and control.
Stay connected to read more about how shipbuilding workflows are evolving.
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